by Lorraine Bergeron | Sep 28, 2023
The internationally acclaimed paintings and sculpture of Hunt Slonem will be celebrated at The Cabildo November 21, 2023 – September 30, 2024 in the exhibit Hunt Slonem: A Retrospective. Slonem is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings of butterflies,...
by Lorraine Bergeron | Sep 5, 2023
When New Orleans native Robi Robichaux returned home to Algiers after an 18-year stint in Orlando, Fla., he wasn’t sure how to translate his theme park focused career in his hometown. But it was through taking the Friends of the Cabildo tour guide class that Robi...
by Lisa Chmiola | Aug 31, 2023
There is still time to get your tickets to this year’s Ghostly Gallivant! Purchase Tickets The Friends of the Cabildo will bring back the dead again with new skits and ghosts, even better (or worse) than before, with our 37th Annual Ghostly Gallivant Tours this...
by Lisa Chmiola | Aug 31, 2023
Amidst shuttered rural dance clubs and encroaching globalization, five Grammy award-winning artists lend their voices, examine the discrimination that almost erased their customs, and share the unique sounds created when the forces of fresh talent and deep history...
by Jason Strada | Aug 4, 2023
When Peter M. Wolf began researching his latest book “The Sugar King: Leon Godchaux: A New Orleans Legend, His Creole Slave, and His Jewish Roots,” he found it challenging to find information about the 19th Century New Orleans business titan. Many New Orleanians can...
Friends of the Cabildo is a private non-profit volunteer group that provides financial and volunteer support for the Louisiana State Museum, its projects and its properties. Since incorporating in 1956, the Friends of the Cabildo has grown into a large statewide membership organization, a dynamic and motivating force in broadening and supporting the aims of the Louisiana State Museum. 